Union Minister for Defence and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh, on Friday, asserted that the Opposition parties are feeding “wrong information” to the minorities about Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and stated that the Act is not meant for taking away citizenship from anyone but to give citizenship status to refugees.
Addressing a public meeting in Secunderabad in support of his Cabinet colleague and Telangana party president G. Kishan Reddy before he filed his nomination papers on Friday, Mr. Singh pointed out that the party had promised to bring in a ‘Uniform Civil Code’ in the country if elected for the next term. He questioned why it cannot be implemented when even ‘progressive’ Islamic nations have it.
“We are accused of religious discrimination. But, the fact is Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the highest civilian honours by West Asian countries. Our government matches its words with actions. Whatever we have promised in the manifesto, we have delivered. Under Mr. Modi’s leadership we have emerged as one of the strong nations with the fastest growing economy in the world,” he claimed.
